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" It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better. "

" I don't have any interest in being a chef without being on the business side of things, or vice versa, because if you don't make money at the end of the month, you're going out of business. "

" Cooking with your kids is a remarkable exercise to let them in on the purchasing part of the process - kids love to shop, and its great to take them to these ethnic places where people don't always speak the language. "

" If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh. "

" It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can and can't do. It boils down to personal responsibility. People need to read labels, do their research and act accordingly. "

" Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable. "

" To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster. "

" The classic Italian green sauce, salsa verde, is easy to make and especially nice in the spring when bunches of fresh herbs start appearing in the farmers market or in your garden. "

" I crave my mom's Sloppy Joes. "

" Spanish chorizo is a spicy cured sausage that's especially tasty with clams. "

" The state of Washington calls tips 'wages.' "

" I was driving around the country when I was 19 and happened to run out of cash in Seattle, so I settled here. "

" I have an affinity for the old Seattle coffee shops, places like the Green Onion and the Copper Kettle, the classic kind of coffee bar - little places that served breakfast, lunch and dinner and have pretty much disappeared. "

" Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country. "

" Who doesn't love digging into a plate of crab cakes or going after a chilled cracked crab with crab cracker, cocktail fork and a plastic bib for protection? "

" Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Back home in Seattle, my goal was to recreate the sweet and smoky taste of that BBQ using our local wild king salmon instead of pig. "

" I can't stand it when restaurants don't have a sense of place in a city. When I'm in London, I want to know I'm in London. When you're sitting in my joint, you know you're sitting in Seattle. "

" I was $4,000 short on my first payroll. "

" Some of the best things you do are the things you don't do. "

" I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school. "

" I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own. "

" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "

" Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks. "

" The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a thermometer in your oven. "

" The flesh of king salmon, which varies in color from white to pink to red, has a high fat content, making it perfect for grilling. "

" Catfish's mild taste adapts well to a wide array of flavors, especially strong assertive ones, which is why you used to see it 'blackened' Cajun style on so many restaurant menus - a trick which soon became a tired cliche. "

" I particularly like to make crunchy slices of garlic bread to serve with steamed clams. "

" In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator. "

" When I wrote my cookbook, 'I Love Crab Cakes,' I asked some of my best chef buddies to contribute recipes. "

" Entrepreneurial people are never satisfied. "